Rafeeu Surname
Approximately 530 people bear this surname
Rafeeu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maldives | 521 | 1:776 | 91 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Rafeeu (41) may also be a first name.
Rafeeu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rafeeu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rafeeu is found most frequently in The Maldives. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rafeeu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Rafeeu is the 589,215th most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 13,750,087 people. The last name Rafeeu is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Rafeeu reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Rafeeu is also the 1,590,275th most common forename globally. It is borne by 41 people.
This last name is most commonly held in The Maldives, where it is carried by 521 people, or 1 in 776. In The Maldives it is primarily concentrated in: Malé, where 43 percent reside, Kaafu Atoll, where 9 percent reside and Seenu Atoll, where 6 percent reside. Apart from The Maldives Rafeeu is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside and Malaysia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rafeoe | 83 | 669 | / |
| Rafeiu | 83 | 4 | / |
| Rofeeu | 83 | 3 | / |
| Rafieu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Raifieu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rafiu | 73 | 45,707 | / |
| Rafyu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Rafiou | 67 | 2,865 | / |
| Raufiu | 67 | 38 | / |
| Rafiue | 67 | 33 | / |
| Raafiu | 67 | 23 | / |
| Raifiu | 67 | 21 | / |
| Raffiu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Rafihu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Rhafiu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Rafiua | 67 | 5 | / |
| Rrafiu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Rafiju | 67 | 3 | / |
| Rafius | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rafoiu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rahfiu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rafuyu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rafiut | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rafaau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rafiuh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rafiud | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Rafeeu
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